On Wednesday, May 1, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Peter Buwen wrote:
Frank O'Donnell wrote:
It would appear from my bilingual dictionary that "Gottschalk"
would translate more or less to "God" + "joker." Is this
IMHO the name Gottschalk means something like God´s rogue or God´s wag.
It might have something to do with the profession of the court jesters.
I hope I could help you in some way!
Greatinx,
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Hey all! I'm sorry to revive this 27 year old conversation, but what do you all think about the claim that Gottshalk Comes, who was the earliest Godshall/Gottshalk ancestor, was the son of John II Duke of Cleves? I saw the claim in a few online
genealogies and it supposedly comes from an article in issue 23 of the Mennonite Quarterly (dating to 1949) about the ancestry of Bishop Jakob Gottshalk. As one Godshall/Gottshalk to another, I would be very interested to see if anyone else has seen this
claim or the article in question.
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